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Sfacb Slootad Ques tion Concectert with this Important Affair The Discrepancies of HUtqxT II liutrated The Issues of tha Battle Prob ably Determined by an Accident. i The difficulty which the conscientious i Historian has to overcome in getting at i the truth is curiously illustrated by a j careful reading of the tw.j articles on ; the "Battle of Shiloh" in the February Centura, the one by General Grant, the j other by Colonel William Preston John- stou, a son of General Johnston, and on the staff of Jefferson Davis. One gives, of cour-e, the Federal, the other the Confederate, side. Not only is their interpretation of the aims and purposes of the combatants, and in their estimate of the significance and result of the first day's battle, do they differ, but in their accounts of events, even in minordetails. Thus Colonel John-ton credits Grant with an army of oS.000, nearly 5U.O00 of whom were effectives, while he allow- the Confederate com mander 50.00'J. of whom but 40,0yj were available for combat General Grant, on the contrary, g ve the ent re strength of the Federal army at 35,' KX), of whom not mo-e than 2..WJ were in line on the first d iy Of coure Gen eral Grant's statement of his own forces is official and conclusive: but the fact illustrates the di-crepancies of history. The battle of Shiloh wa.s one of the great battles of the war. It was great whether e-timated bv the number of men engaged in it, bv the character of I the Generals commanding, bv the d.-- perate natur- of the conllictbv the un- certaintv of the re-ult during the whole naIT aQ uour earlier he had di,misseJtne of the first d.iv. or bv the consequences ! surgeon, who up to that time had ao whii.h nn..f frnm fh fYnf..,f..r,t ,. ' companied him. to attend wounded feat and which niinht have ensued from a reuerai ueie.ii- jne tonieiierate au thorities have always in-i-t.'d that Gen eral Grant was virtually beaten at the end of the first day's fight, and that nothing -aved his army but the death of General John-ton. and the conse quent change of commander-, ("ener al Grant u, freely charged at the time with being intoxicated, and severely criticj-ed for1 putting tindi-ciplined men at the Iront without earthwork-. The newspaper corre-pondents had General Prenti--' diVi-ion surprised and capt ured at the very beginning of the fight. Some of the-e then current errors are corrected, so far a we know for the firs; t'me ofiicially, by General Grant's pa per. General Grant's horse fell on him. and nearly disabled him, two day be fore tiie battle. The raw levies were put at the front purposely. General Grant trusting to their commander. General Sherman, to compen-ate for their inexperience a trust repo-ed not in vain. And General Prenti' divis ion fought bravely a'ld effectively throughout the day. and were not capt ured till after four o'clock in the af.er noou. The man of Northern prejudice- will read General Grant' paper, and will but glance at Colonel Johnston's. The man of Southern prejudices will cn-ole himself with Coh.ne! Johnston's convic tion that the battle of Shiloh was won on the fir-t day, and wa lot on the second only becau-e the Confe -Y.it e c 'inmauder was killed. The impartial historian, acceptmir the veracity. Ktit not neoes-arilv the judgment-, ot both author- will compare t:ie two paper- to reach a true under-tanduiir of thi- mo- meutous battle, and will find in General oraut s iranK come. ion ol his misap- preh-n-iou ot the strength of the Cou- federacv. and in Colonel Johnston's . w- - - -...,.. v ,, vn. disclo-ure of the divided counel in the Confe lerate army the two clue to the true interpretations of the events of the dax. U- to the battle of Shiloh,, -ay Geueral Grant. --I. a- well as thouands of oth-r citizen. 1 el.eved that the re bellion aga'i t the Government would eollap-e -udilenly and so in it a d.-e'-ive victory could Le gamed over any of its armie-." This wa- sub-t.mti.ily the uuiver-al opinion in the North. It was eTen -hared bv man in the South. The fall of Fort-Dou -I-ou and Henry apparently opened the whole outhwest to tli Federal a: my. The North be l;ee 1 that further rLtance would be in va'u. Thousand- in the South shar-d that belief. Geueral Grant, a-s -om a- the dilatory Halleck eave him opportunity to move, acted in accord anee with h - -ub-eu.-nt in-tmction- to (ieueral Sheridiu lefon' U'chmond and pu-hed tl.iug-. He hurried hi- army torwanl alter the r-t eating Confederate force-, me in.ng to r ve t ie:n no time to recover from their demoralizat'on. He expected uo other than a Fabian policv ol -low retreat and -ulleii, but not agrre-sie. re-i-tanee. A-uming that the Confederate wou'd retreat, if pushed, he threw up no earthwork. He put raw levit at the front He tele graphed to Halieck on Saturdav ni-iit. ' I have -carcely the fainte-t idea of an attack (general one bein male upon u-." The a nil v. catching the con'aiou of hi- confidence, perhap negle ted to keep out scout in the frotit. Thi was chargml at the time by new-pap-r cor- . re-p indent-, and i- not -pecilicalh de- ' nied bv (General Grant, who does -peel- , lically denv some otiier analogo.i cliarr" Wh.le General (Jraut wi thu taking for irranted that the Con federal" force- would not enture on an ainrre he campaign, the Confederate Gen ral them-eiw- w,-re in debate upoa that en jioiiit. (Jen. ral John ston, i!r-t in command, purpo-ed an attack. General Beaureirard, theponu- i iar douiueru nero oi iun nun. was op- j pos ! to it. He wished to pursue the . i policy in the Wc-t wh ch General Lee pursued so effectively in the East to prolong the war. wean out the North, auukwji nis ou anuy miacr, oy a ue- fen-ive camnai-rn. Geueral Johnston i uveiiuicu an opposition, ne enueu tiie councd of war on Saturday afternoou with the deci-ive declaration: "We shall attack at daylight to-morrow. I would fight thera if they were a mill ion." Thus both sides entered the first day's battle uuder some disadvantage. The Federal forces were not expecting an attack, and were not prepared for it. Even wheu it came, they regarded it at first a only a reconnaissance in force. General Sherman, who war at the front, so interpreted it. "Bea re gard." he said, "is not such a fool as to leave his base of operation and attack us in ours." Ou the other hand, the Confederate entered on an aggresive campaign with divided counels. The eeeond in command wa half sick, had no faith in an assault, and no expecta tion cf success. General Grant apparently insists that the Federal forces were not defeated on the first day. But we think th facts do not bear out this claim. His front had been forced back nearly or quite two mile. General Prenti' division had been captured en masse 2.200 offi cers and ui-n. The Federal camps were in the possession of the enemy. What th Confederates could or would hare done on the morrow if their leadership had remained un changed must always remain s mat ter of opinion. That the wearied assailants could have driven the Federal forces into the river, or cut of their re treat, and enforced their surrender, is to us incredible, even if the Federal army had not been reinforced on the morrow by part of General Buell's forces, and by the 'gunboats. But the attempt was not even made. The death of General Johnson devolved the com mand on General Beauregard; and the change of commanders brought a change of policv. At the council of war on Saturday afternoon General ! Beauregard had urged that the army wunaraw to uonntn. ua atonuay morning he ordered that withdrawal to take place. The first day's battle of Shiloh was a Confederate attack under one commander. The second day's battle was aj Confederate retreat under another commander. Both were meas urably successful. It is. indeed, rarely the case that a change of command and a change of policy takes pla.e on the field of battle with 3o little resultant disa-tcr to the army as resulted to the Conf derates from their change of com manders and policy at the battle of Shiloh. Thi- battle singularly illustrates how far the fortunes of war depend upon what we call accident. If General Johnston had lived he would have pur sued on Monday the aggressive policy of Sunday, and his army would have either won a victory or suffered a rout. And that he did not live was due to ac cident. A stray shot cut an artery in ms Je- An extemporized tourniquet I w"'d have stopped the bleeding. But I Federal pri-ou-rs. There was no one present at the moment who knew enough to tie up the anery, and General Johnston bled to death. His humanity to Federal pri-oners cost him his life. On the other ha.id. General Grant, Col ouel ilcPherson and Major Hawkin, reeonn'j:terinr the lie'.d together, sud denly found tnemselves subjected to a , sharp mu-ket fire from a concealed bat ten.'. Major Hawkin- lost his hat; Col onel McPherson horse wa- shot through the body and lived jut loug I enough to take him out of danger: and I the scabbard of General Grant's sword ' was taken off by a ball. If the one ball ' had missed General Johnston, and the other ball had struck General Grant, the commander of the Federal forces, not of the Confederate forces, would have been chauged, and the issue of the battle of Shiloh might have been differ ent. Christian Univti. HUNTLEY, REX. The Creator of Spoopenilyke, Now King of the Teton Mum, Willing to do tlte Fair Thiiijj by the I'nlted .Stt4. Stanley Huutley. editor of Drake s Traveler's Maaazine, and just advanced to the po-ition of Chief of the Tetn t Nation, having been adopted by them j years aj-o when among the Indians in j the capacity of correspondent, is prepar ' injr to leave for the Stouv countrv He' ( lought ten cent-' worth of war-paint and a pair of moccasins yesterday, and will start a -oou a- the walking im- j prove-. He had the mocca.-ins charged in the name of Waukpey Wankan, or ! ol-v :IS hi "?,me signifies in the Siou.x language. The name was de rived from the fact that he cured a , T 1- wounuea inaian cniei caneu Little ' T. ,?.-. 1,. ..l ... r lfk.YA. ,, rx.l "What doe the pale-face want?" a-ked the new chief as a reporter of the World entered his wigwam yesterday. "To know how the big medicine man cured Little Knife." wa the reply. I had to cure him." said Mr. Hunt ley, -miling. "I was held prisoner by Sitting Bull's allies, and it was cure Little Knife or die. No cure, no life. The chief had two -ous. One was killed awhde ago and Young Antelope has ju-t died. As I was adopted by Little Ku.fe. the hereditary chief of the Teton Nation, which includes all the Sioux tribes, the title falls to me. The Indians regard the tie as -acred as thought I was a blood relation." Mr. Huntley sent the following to the Pre-ident: New Yokk. Feb. 6 Hon. C7sUr A. Arthur, Prteident of 'Jk I'rctfJ State Dear Sir: As you will observe by the dispatches in this moraine's New York papers. I have succeeded to the chletudn-ilp of the Tetons. and I wait to ask you whether your nation and mine are to live on term ot frieadly equality or whether you want strife and carnage. I would like to remark that we will have war on tap for any marauding Republican ' form of Government that comes foollmr around our Conjrres-ional District, while we iil be on a peace footing toward your people o lone a they conduct themselves with due refird to the prejudices o civilization. Any dev.ation from this course of procedure will re-u!t in your beinsr sent to the tower for the tlrst offense and to two towers for the sec ond. Plea-e -peak to your Secretary of the In ter or and haiehlm brace up the rations is sued to my tribes so as to include an occa sional ham and a mackerel for Sunday. Any ca-t off war material. Din? hats, or lieht lit- erature now on tile in your State Department wi'i le jrraeefuily received as a guarantee of Hoping to hear from you soon in a spirit of peace around the reservations and pxd -ill lZ "Z?":)???!0 H.1UU1 i. t y U 4 . 7 .-" I.. I lll.-lII 1 fcC V . , Mr. Huntley allowed his eye to wan der t j ome Indian relic on the wall ; above his dek. Among other things wa- a feathered coronet that he wore ' when a onng buck among his new found friend-. He continued: "I am afraid to a-ume the emblems of the new dijrnitv while in the citv until Mr. fi'llnnnrun tift- nut h bo -'- w ..... ........ .... v... v. .. .uu . want kings or chiefs outside of himself; that's why vou see these old plumes and moccasins there. It would take me four davs to tell all mv experiences anions: the Indian, besides I have for- o-oten most of it now. e ll-.ro vmi h..nn rt'o;.itle notified of your advancement?" "The first I heard of it was when I read the morning papers to-day. I shall take the eigfr-inan across the street along with mc. He has just sent me a bill, and I suppose I must make him chief of one of the tribes." Early in the da Mr. Huntley sent out for four brick, and placed one un der eaca leg of his chair a a mark of distinction. His reputation heretofore ha? rested on two great efforts of his life. The first wa- during the Chicago riots, when he coined the expression: "The paie air was treaked with blood and the gutters gusheu with gurgling gore." The other effort was, The Spookendyke Paaers," which were printed in a Brooklyn paper. His ob ject in getting the bricks yesterday was to have a more enduring foundation. X. V. World. Iu San Francisco a fire-dollar goW p!ece was given a beggar in mistake for a " nickel." The donor demanded the change, but the beggar refused. Application was made for a warrant for the arrest of the mendjeant, but no statute could be found to cover the crime." and tike relief prared for was refused. San Frandtc f37- LEAVING CARDS.) The Slffalfleance or VTjItlns; Cards mad How They Should Be Distributed. The object of leaving cards is to sig nify that a call has been made, due uivility shown, and a like civility ex pected in return. The routine of card leaving may thus be briefly explained. One lady calls upon another, and, on finding her "not at homo," leaves a card, saying: "For Lady Jones." If the lady calling is married, she also leaves two of her husband's cards with her own. She leaves two of his cards because one is intended for Lady Jones and one for Sir John Jones. If Lady Jones has grown-up daughters, the lady calling turns down a corner of her visiting-card to include them in the call made to the r mother; but if a mar ried daughter were on a visit to her mother a separate card would be left for her, and also for any other visitor of Lady Jones' with whom the lady calling is acquainted. If a mother has grown-up daughters, the r names are printed on her card. "Miss Smith. Mis Ethel Smith." and whether with her or not when calling the card is still left with their naine upon it Young ladies are not supposed to have cards of their owm during the lifetime of their mother.-, and if while still young they lose their mothers their names appear on the cards of the ladies who , take them out. whether it be an aunt, a married sister, or a sister-in-law, or even a grandmother. If they permanently reside with one of their relatives, their names would 1j printed on the cards; if only temporary, mereh penciled. When young ladies live with their fathers, who are widowers, and who chaperon them, their joinl names are printed on a lady's visiting card. Until a ".oung lady has at'ained what is termed a certain age. it argue no little independence of action to have a card of her own. but when she no longer re quires chaperoning -he is entitled t a card of her own. being clearlv her own i mistress, and able to choose her owu I acquaintances. i It should be understood that when a lady is at home to the lady calling upon her, she must not ou any account leave her card on taking her departure, as the fajt of having seen her friend does away with the rea-on of leaving a card, viz.: to intimate that she has called: but she leaves two of her husband's cards on the hall table, pre-uming that he. her husband, i- no. with her Kw-n if she had seen the master of the hoii-e, she still leaves the cards as a mark of civility on the part of her absent hus band. She does not leave more than two. whether the master of the hous. is at home or not People who do not understand the meaning of card-leaving arc frantically anxious to send vi-iting-card by post to their acquaintai-c iu lieu of calling npon them. Only the greatest ignor ance of the usages of good -ocietv can OS? excuse -uch an :dea. If d -tance i too great to keep up a calling acquaintan -e there is no civility in -ending names and addresses on visiting card- by post: they convey nothing and they mean nothing. uu!es left in person, and it i diflicult to imagine how the notion of sending visiting-cards by post eould euter the head- of any one pretending to be in society. Cards of inquiry are another stumbling-block to tiie uuiuiti.ited. The-e they are alo anx'ous to -end by pot, which would entirely do away with the politeness intended; they must be left in person, as a matter of course, ami the words "To iuquire after Mr-. Brown" should be written ou the top of the card. When a card of nquiry is left by a la ly she does not leave her husband's cards on tha occasion, a call not being intended. b'U simply an inquiry after health, to ev.uce smpath-. and interest. The -am., applie- to cards of "Return thanks for kind iu-quirie-." These words are also writ ten on the top of the card-, and the cards are left by a member of the fami ly, when not "by the invalid herself, when the invalid i- the huband or sou, it is still the wife or mo er who return thanks for kind inquiries. As regards P. P. C. cards, the samo rule holds good; they can not be sen. bv post, thev must be left iu person. The letters I. P. C. s'gn f pour prendre conge, and are left on the ne of a de parture for any length of time. Visiting cards are left when a lady i not at home, when time do -s not admit of making a call, when the acquaint ance i too .ight to warrant m.ik. ng a call, wheu it is not desired that the ac quaintancehip should develop into a calling acquaiutaneehip, when a-ked by a mutual friend to . all n a -.ranger, when an invitation is sent by a stranger through a mutual friend, when leaving a letter of introduction on a stranger, aud after entertainments. Cards cau only be sent iu when pure ly business calls are made, and between people unacquainted with each other. Cards should never be -ent in when so cial calls are made. It is quite suffi cient for a lady to give her name to the senant Wedding-cards and memorial-cards have long been out of date, aud are hardly worth alludiug to in this place: stilL they have existed, which is a rea son for referring to them at all. A lad"s visit'ng-card is printed in small, clear copper-plate type, and free from any kind of embelli-hment. It is thin and unglazed, the size three and a half inches in width, aad two and a half inches in depth. The name is printed iu the center of the card ami the address in the left-hand corner. A gentleman's card is also thin and unglazed, the size three inches in width, ana one and a half inche in depth. The usual hours for leaving cards are from three to live, although thev are extended from half-past two until six o'clock, time and distance be u takeu into account. Cards are not left iu the morning, as a general rule, save under exceptional circumstances, such as cards of inquiry, etc English Pajjer. Newmarkets. The long Newmarket coats are made with loose fronts and closely fitted backs, they have a pointed hood lined with changeable silk, and are without trimming other than the stitching on their edges. They are made of serge or of Cheviot, diagonal cloths, or the oat meal or momie cloths with tiny speck raised on the surface. Large buttons of metals cut in fanciful figures are used on these long coats and on the shorter cloth jacket-. Olive, brown, garnet and bronze-eolored Newmarket are shows, in Cheviot and other cloths. For rnidsummer travel are similar garments made of gray, ecru or brown mohair, and also of pongee. Harper's Bazar. The late Mrs. Shillaber, sister-in-law of "Mrs. Partington," left an es tate in San Francisco valued at $500.-000. FZR3T National Bank! COLUMBUS, NEB. Authorized Capital, Paid In Capital, Surplus and Profits, - ?250,000 50,000 8,000 OFFICERS XD DIRECTORS. A. ANDERSON", Pres't. SAM'L C. SMITH. Vice Pres't. O. T. P,OEN, Cashier. J. YT. EARLY. HERMAN OEtlLRICH, W. A. MCALLISTER, G. ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passaee Tickets, ana Real Estate Loans. 20-vol-13-ly BUSINESS CAEDS. D.T. Mauty.v, M. D. F. J. Scuug. M. D. Drs. MAIITYN & SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeon. Union Pacific, O., N. & B. H.and B. A M. R. R's. 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JSTShop on Olive Street, 2 door-l-orth ol" Urf dft uhn r's Jewelrv Store. 4G-y G W. CLARK LAXD AXD IXSUIiAXCE A GEXT. HUMP HP. EY, XEBB. His lands comprise some fine tracts in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north ern portion ot Pl?tte" county. Taxes paid for non-residents. Satisfaction guaranteed. 20 y THE RAVEN. A Prdece-or of the Original Poem 7 Foe. The following artless narrative may perhaps be found amusing by the read ers of Xotcs and Queries. Jt is taken from a rare little book, to which it give the subject of one hundred and sixty-six pages of edifying preachment, and of course is firmly believed in by the author. The book has a rough woodcut representing Master T. K. whittling his stick by the woodpile and the raven prophesying on the church tower. The following is the title: "Vox Corvi: or, the Voice of a Raven, that Thrico spoke these words dis tinctly: Look into Colossians the Sd and loth. The Text it self looked into, and opened, in a Sermon, Preached ct Wijrmore. in the County of Here ford, to which is added. Serious Ad dresses to the People of this Kingdom; showing the ue we ought to make of this Voice from Heaven. By Alex. Ologie. Miui-ter of Wigmore. ttc. Li ce.ied according to order. Mttli. 21. xviii. London. I-JJ4." The copy from which I take it is now on it- way to America. "On the Hd of February. ltiSfl. about Three in the Afternoon, thi Reverend DAine. a person of the venerable Age of eighty year-, aud forty of tho-e a Laborious Teacher of God's Word, in the Parish of Wig more, in the County of Hereford, be ing in the Hall of his own house, being with the l'ioun Matron, his Wife, some Neighbours and Relations, together with two small Grand-Children of hi, in all to the number of Eight Person: Thomas Kinnersley, one of the -aid GrautJ-Cht'dren, of but Ten Years of Age. starting up from the Fire-ide. went out of the Hall-Door and sate himself down upou a Block by the Wood-pile, before the Door, employing him-e'f in no other Childlike Eerci-e than tutting of a Stick, when in le than half a juarter of an Hour, he re turned into the Hall iu great amaze ment, hi Countenance pale, and affrighted, and said to hi Grandfather and Grandmother. Look in niE Thikd OF THE C0I.05IAN-, AND THE FIF TEENTH, with infinite Pa-sion and Earnestness, repeating the words no 3e-s than three Times, which Deport ment and Speech much urpriiug the the whole Company, they asked him what he meant by thoe words: who answered with great Ardency of Spirit. That a Raven had -poken them Three pmes from the Peak of the Steeple, and that it look'd toward W. W.'s House, and shook'his Head and Wings thitherward. directing it Looks and Motions still toward that Houe. All which words he heard the Raven distinctly utter three times, and then saw it mount and fly out of ight. His Grandfather hereupon, taking the Bible, and turning to the aid text, found these word-. 'And let the Peace of God rule in -.our Hearts, to the which 'ou are al-o called in one ... .. . ...... Uouy: ami he ye thanktul. L pon reading whereof, the Child was f" nil v .-atislied ami hi Countenance per fectly compo-ed agen mc." Xotcs and Qttcric. THE ENGINEER. ee-It,v of tJreat Iiitrlllsnire on the l'art of the Knclne Uriirr. No two engine- ever re-omble each other, no matter how carefully they may have been built from the -ami-plan, neither do any two drivers man age their engine preei-ely in the same way. We hae in thi- instance an ex cellent opportunity of comparing two different method- of driving. It is the driver's principal object to get the re quired amount of work out his engine with the mullet possible expenditure of coal and water. To obtain this re sult the -team must be worked expan siel, which is done by placing the vahe gear in uch a po-ition by means of the lever that the supply of steam to the cylinder- i cut od" before the pi-ton ha- accomplished its full stroke. There are two way- of controlling the speed of an engine worked, a.- all loco-mo- are worked now. expan-ively. You may keep the regulator wide open, -o that there i- always a full sup ply of -team on it- way to the e Under, in which case you increase or dimin-i-h the peed by u-ing the team more or less evpan'r.ely through the agency of the lever. Or you may work with the same amount of epan-on throughout the journey, .ind have command of the engine by con stantly changing the po-ition of the regulator. There i no doubt that the men who employ the latter method -ave something by it although this would hardly seem to be the opinion of the driver who i- bringing us rapidly nearer to London, for unlike the driver whom we accompanied on the daylight journey, hi- hand is not often on the regulator. A- we ruh on past count-le-s signal, punctual to the minute yet always having ample time to -laeken speed before we come to the places where the different colored light- clus ter thickest, we are reminded once more how much is required of an ex press engineman beside a thorough acquaintance with the machinery he has to control. Traveling at night at a great speed, he mu-t know everv inch of the road by heart where an incline begin-and where it end and the ex act -pot at which everv signal along the line may be firt -ighted. He mu-t have completely mastered the working of the trallic on both the up and down lines, and. above all. mu-t be ready to act with the utmost promptitude -hould any thing go wrong Saturday Ilevieic. . About a fortnight befure Christmns the yacht Iolanth". with three men on board, -ailed out of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, and was never .-een agiiu. On the 26th of December a huge white shark wa- caught at Frankston. a -mall village near Melbourne. Some of the loungers on the beach facetiously siigge-ted that rolic- of the mi ing crew might be looked for inide the fih. The shark, therefore, was cut open, and in it- stomach were actually found a human hand, a ma of sodden rag-, a broken wooden pip"- and a gold watch and chain. Th watch wa immediatelv recognized a- having be longed to one of the vv.ehtmen who . I... 1 l 1 I .1.,. T7 .t... - T- ' nau ueea u.i uuuni mi- luiuuiue. -. l Sun. TheChine-e lake the'rr history back ' to the time of Noah. The Empire has borne in it- time many names, for it was a cu-tom when a new dyna-ty , ascended the throne to give another ( name to the empire, as Hai-que, Chum que. Hau-que, etc.. according to the name of the ruling monarch. The true name is said to be Chumque, 'the center kingdom of the world." This ; term wm bv usage corrupted to Chin- , que, and from this word the Portuguese gave it the name of China. A GRATEFUL WOMAN. Tke Proposition Mail by the Yonnr JL7 Who Could Not Choor Uetweea Two Lorers. A beautiful and bashful young woman of about nineteen summers called re cently at the oilice of a life assurance agent, and asked him timidly if he could tell her how long people of a certain age would live. "Madam." replied the agent, cough ing respectfully behind a prospectus, and drawing his chair near to her. here are our tables of expectation and average mortality, which contain all the information upon the subject that you can desire." Well," said she. "how long will a man of sixty-seven, and that oats peas with his knife, live?" "According to our table, madam," replied the agent, "he should, pn the average, survive eleven years, three months and sixteen days." "That, said the visitor, "would be till the 21st ox April. 1S96?" "Precisely, madam, on the average expectation of mortality, for we must all die. and it is therefore well to insure against loss to the loved ones in a com pany who-e character '' "And how much could I insure his life for?" "Oh. for any amount say for ten thousand dollars?" he answered, tak ing up a blank form of application. "Let me recommend the unexpected advantages offered by our non-feitable endowment policy." "Well," said the young woman, "I think, then, that I'll marry him." "Insure him, you mean?" corrected the agent. "No, marry him: you insure him. You see," she added, with a burst of confidence, "I love Herbert, and Mr. Dawkins is old enough to be my grand father. But Herbert is poor, and I just worship the coruer lots that Mr. Daw kin builds on. And Herbert is very patient, and says that if I will only fix a day. no matter how long he may have to wait, he will be happy. Now you -ay Mr. Dawkins will die by the 21st of April, 1896; and a- it wouldn't be decent to marry again till I've been a year in mourning, I'll arrange to marry Herbert on the S2d of April. ls97. and if Mr. Dawkins doent die by then y ou'll give me ten thousand dollars. Oh, thank you!" and with a deep bow she swept out of the oilice. X. Y. Telearcrn. A FREEZE OUT. Hows Revenue Offlcer Captured a Moon ahlner. The revenue raiders have some very thrilling experiences sometimes. A few nights ago a party of raiders were up the Marietta & North Georgia Rail road. In the party was a very quiet but utterly fearless young fellow named Lee Cape. The party approached a di-tillery in which tive men were at work, and as the place was being sur rounded the moonshiners di-covered that something was going wrong. They made a wild dash, everv man going iu a different direction. Near by wa- a creek about fifteen feet wide and eight een inche deep. The night wa- one of the coldest of the recent severe weather. A ditiller made a bold dash toward that creek. Lee Cape was on the offside of the stream and put out to intercept him. A- the moonshiner approached one bank Lee came up on the other, both panting from tin vio lent race. Without he-itation the flee ing 'stiller plunged in, -aud a- he did so Lee Cape, from the opposite bank, presented a big revolver and said: "Halt!" The moom-niner -topped in the mid dle of the stream. "Don't run," -aid Cape. "Hello. Lee." observed the moon shiner, standing half-wai-t deep in the icy water. "Hello. Mo-e." said Cape, "come out and give up." "You come in here and take me if you want me!" "You run ami I'll shoot you." "I won't run." "Well, come out, thenl" "I wou't!" "Well, stand there!" "I'll do it!" "All right." said Cape: you'll stand in That water and I'll stand here. I can -tand it if you can." Tiie moonshiner's teeth began to chatter. At la-t he said: "Lee!" "Hey?" "I'll have to cave; I'm coming out." "All right." And the bloekader. shivering and freezing, came up dripping from the creek and Le marched him into camp. Atlanta Constitution. A FRENCH WITCH. The I'uul-hment Indicted Upon s. Woman Who Claimed .Supernatural Power. A woman named Marie Pommier was convicted on Saturday at the Blois Assize- of defrauding and attempting to murder a rich and -uper-titious widow. Mine. Duval. She accosted the latter when coming out of Blois Cathedral, induced her to confide to her family quarrel-, and profe-sed to have uper natural power- for reconciling disputant- and -ecuring wealth. Mmc. Duval went home with the woman to Villejoint. .-pent the night with her ami gave her four hundred francs, the two burning a taper in a churth to the succe-s of the afhiir. A few day later -he advanced four thou-and five hun dred franc- more, and later on two thou-and two hundred frauc-. the woman promi-ing that the treasure would emerge from the ground at a given date. When this had expired Mmc. Duval gave up her jewel-, and wa presented with what looked like a piece of dough, which she wa- to heat at night in a saucepan, leaning over the latter in bed till the charm worked. Mine. Duval did all this, the re-ult be ing an explo-ion which shattered the roof, door and widows ami set fire to the bed. She was extricated dreadfully burned and bruised. The witch was arrested ten days afterward at Orleans. While in pri-on she tried to bribe two men about to bo released to go and set fire to Mine. Duval's hou-e. She wa proved to have bought -ulphuric acid and pota-h of a druggist at Orleans. She pleaded an alibi, however, and in-si-t'd that an acquaintance and former fellow-prisoner had borrowed her clothes and had beeu mistaken for her. She was sentenced to twenty years' hard labor, with ten year-' police sur veillance. St. James" Gazette. A Kentucky belle glories in a head of hair which is five feet ten incnea long. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. - -Mr. Edwin Booth denies that he contemplates retiring from the stage. Dr Biekersteth, author of the poem, Yesterday, To-day and Forever," has been created BLihoo of F.xeter. Eng. Judge Poland, after ten years' ser vice in Congress, has retired to his Ver mont home, it is said, never to enter politics again. Ex - Lieutenant - Governor R. H. Gleavcs. formerly of South Carolina, la now waiting man in a restaurant in Washington. IX C Charleston (S. C.) Xews. In New York there has been organ ized a bureau of "useful information," composed of literary and scientific men, who propose to answer any question propounded for a moderate sum. In the war of the rebellion Gov ernor Hartranft's regiment was num ber Fifty-one. and Governor Hoyt's, who succeeded him in the Gubernatorial chair, was number Fifty-two. Pitts burgh Post. Five out of the twenty-one Presi dents of the United States were cf Scotch-Irish liueare Jackson. Polk, Buchanan. John-on aud Arthur: two of Scotch Grant and Hayes; one of Welsh Jefferson, and one of Dutch Van Buren; the remaining twelve being of English descent. 0t ago Herald. The late T. S. Arthur, the story writer, was a mau without a vice, and was strictly domestic in his tastes and habits. His writings were voluminous, and a dav or two before his death he said: "I have never written a line ex cept with the earnest desire to Uo good, and never a line which I would wLn expunged." Chicago Journal. Dr. Holmes and Mr. HoweJLs jiwre invited to dine with Mr. Aldrich. the ed itor of the Atlan'.i . the other evening, and met Charles Egl ert Cruddoek. the author of "In the Tennessee Mount ains." "Where the Battl - Wa, Fought." and the novel now mnn:ng in the At lantic. The gentlemen w.-re greatly surprised to find that I h.t: le Egbert Craddock i- but :he jse donym which has for six yea s vei ed tne iden t ty of a brilliant womai - Mis. Mary N. Murfree, of St- Lou s Lozlm journal. James Edward Warno 'k, the son of a retired and wea.t iy physician of Atlanta. Ga.. and who i- a student in the Sheffield scientific Sc' ool of Yale College, has been arreted aud L in jail in New Haven. Conn., on the charge of having stolen watches and other prop erty from his fellow students. His father has been sending him two hun dred dollars a month regularly for spending money, be-ide- twvlve dollars a week for his board. He squandered his money iu drmk.ng and gambling, ami was continually m debt and contin ually in trouble, lbe lemarkalle part of the matter is that the college author ities kept his father iu ignorance of tho boy's evil courses. Ilurtjvrd Post. HUMOROUS. During the mani t for roller -kating a rink'll attract nnuy a young lady, al though, as a rule, younj ladie,- never find a wrinkle attrae ive. Yonkcrs Gazette. --"Come along with me ami have a line time," remarked :t poI cernaii t a man he ha 1 arrested I am afraid you are trying to ceil m.-." replied tho prisoner. X. Y. Herald. Henry return- in triumph from the junior exam'n.ition. "How d d you get along, my -on? h:3 J t parent in quires. "I ir-t rate." says Henry, "I answered all the q.e-toas." "Good How did you answer tae.n?" "I said 1 didnt't know." Brooklyn Euglr. A household magazine -ay-, that very nice coJti-j-bail- are mud.- by cutting a codfish up line.'' et. We supposed that nice codti-h-balK were made by cutting a p.eee of liver up fine, etc. It seem- like a (pie -r notion to put codti-h in codlLsh-buiis.--.Vorrt('u'i Hera'd. Overset from the Utnntbtu: "See. dear husbaud. here have I ju-t upon an auction an album bought for only eight mark. That c-j-ts everywhere fifteen mark-. Thu- have I seven marks saved." "But was theu the album necessary been?'" "That not but if I it not bought iiad. so had 1 nothing saved!" "PrL-oner," said Prosecutor Buxton, you are charged with gam ding. ' Gam bling. What Is gambling J" "PLiy ing cards for mon.-y." "But I did not p'av cards for money : I pl.ty ad for chips. "Well, you got money for your chips at the end of the game, didn't y,u.J" "No; I didn't have any chip- at" the end of the game. Cleveland tirahl. Barry Sullivan, the Iri' tragedian, was playing "Itic .ard III ' -ome years ago at S irewsb-.ry in Englarn. When the act jr came to the line. -A horse! a horse' my kingdom for a hor-e! "some one in the pit calle I out. Wouldn't an a do you, Mr. Su I: van?" 'Ve. re--ponded the tragedian turning quickly on the interrupter, "p.ei-i- come round to the stage door." "Now,' said tne br.d -groom to the bride when they returned irom the honeymoon trip. "1 -t u- have a clear understanding before we -ettle down to married life: are you to be i're; dent or Vice-President of this i-oueen:?" "I want to be neither Pre-ident nor Viee-Pre-ident." she an-wcr-': "1 will be coutent with a -ubord n :t- positiou." "Whatisth.it" Comptroller of the Currency. " Boston ' oururr. A solemn moment. After the mar riage of Miss L'll an .-nigg-. of Dalla.-. the bridal party partooJc of a sumptu ous banquet, tov.a.-d the end of wh ch a younger brother of the bride got up aud said solemnly, ra -.ng hi- glass. -Ladies and gentlcm :. I have to propose a toast, which, ho v ever, mu-t be drunk standing. PI a-e take your g!asc- and rise up." The guests although some what bewild-red. did so. 'Now,' said the young seapegrac. "if y-u will re main -landing for a few minute- I'll find out who has been sitting on my new stove-pipe hat." jfV-r-w Stjtmgs. Advantages of Thinness. "No more, thank you." said Mr. Jinks at Mrs. De Lainnie's live o'clock tea. "I really mu-t re-trict my self for a lonjj tiim: to come. I gained tive pounds in weight Ia-t vear "Five pound.-!" and Mrs. De L. laughed merrily as she survey cd Mr. Jinks' -kin and bone physique. -Yes." replied Jink, solemnly, "five pounds, and if I am to have auy comfort in th..- life I must keep my weight down." Any comfort'" exclaimed the host ess, puzzled. "What comfort can there be in going through l.fe a living skel eton? Til tell you." answered Mr. J. con fidentially. " "It is so easy to find enough space for a seat in a crowded, street-car, and so pleasant to know that no woman wants it." Philadelphia Call. J